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1. (n.) corpse
a dead body, usu. of a human being.
2. corpse
Obs. a human or animal body, whether alive or dead.
Etymology: (1225–75; ME corps; orig. sp. var. of corscorse but the p is now sounded)
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1. (noun) cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, remains
the dead body of a human being
"the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"
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1. (noun) corpse
a dead body
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1. (noun) corpse
a human body in general, whether living or dead; -- sometimes contemptuously
2. (noun) corpse
the dead body of a human being; -- used also Fig
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Sense: a dead body, especially of a human being
Don't move the corpse before you send for the police.
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 Afrikaans: lyk |
 Arabic: جُثَّـه، جُثـمـان |
 Bulgarian: труп |
 Brazilian: cadáver |
 Czech: mrtvola |
 German: die Leiche |
 Danish: lig |
 Greek: πτώμα |
 Spanish: cadáver |
 Estonian: surnukeha |
 Farsi: جنازه |
 Finnish: ruumis |
 French: cadavre |
 Hebrew: גוּפָה |
 Hindi: शव |
 Croatian: leš, truplo |
 Hungarian: hulla |
 Indonesian: mayat |
 Icelandic: lík |
 Italian: cadavere |
 Japanese: 死体 |
 Korean: 시체 |
 Lithuanian: lavonas |
 Latvian: līķis |
 Malay: mayat |
 Dutch: lijk |
 Norwegian: lik |
 Polish: zwłoki |
 Persian: جنازه |
 Pashto: جنازه |
 Portuguese: cadáver |
 Romanian: cadavru |
 Russian: труп |
 Slovak: mŕtvola |
 Slovenian: truplo |
 Serbian: leš |
 Swedish: lik |
 Thai: ซากศพ |
 Turkish: ceset |
 Taiwanese: 屍體 |
 Ukrainian: труп |
 Urdu: لاش، نعش |
 Vietnamese: tử thi |
 Chinese: 尸体 |
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